Halloween in America, on the anniversary of the first quarter century of the millennium. We celebrate the night by wearing masks, by flirting with fear, by turning the grotesque into entertainment. But here in 2025, you can’t help but feel like the masks didn’t come off this year. The trick-or-treaters will return home tonight, but the parade of make-believe monsters marched straight into the daylight this past January — and some of them are occupying the most important offices in our fragile democracy. What used to be a night for play-acting power, for pretending to be the villain, has turned into a movement that’s forgotten the difference between costume and conviction. The slogans sound patriotic, the anger sounds righteous, and the cruelty wears the grin of normalcy. Halloween, at least, has an ending — sunrise, candy wrappers, a hangover of sugar and smoke. But America’s current masquerade? The lights came on, and the masks stayed put.
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David & Roselyn
Marie Lavaux
The Mississippi River of Song: A Musical Journey Down the Mississippi
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Dr. John
Marie Laveau
The Best Of The Parlophone Years
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Mississippi John Hurt
Spider Spider
Concord Music Halloween Eclectic 2020
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Memphis Minnie
Black Cat Blues – Take 1
Queen Of Country Blues [Disc 5] (1936-1937)
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Bob Dunn
Graveyard Blues
1939-1940 (Warped 3921)
7
Tampa Red
Witchin' Hour Blues
Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961
8
Memphis Minnie
Hoodoo Lady
Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961
9
Robert Johnson
Me And The Devil Blues
ABC Of The Blues Vol 18
10
Rev. Emmett Dickinson
A Black Cat Has Crossed Your Path
Apple Bobbing Mix Vol. 2
11
Charles Sheffield
It's Your Voodoo Working
100 Northern Soul Classics
12
St. Louis Bessie (Mae Smith)
Ghost Creepin' Blues
Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961
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The Hollywood Flames
Frankenstein's Den
The Hollywood Flames
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Eels
Fresh Blood
Hombre Lobo
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AC DC
Hells Bells
Back in Black
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Original London Cast recording
In The Air Tonight American Psycho
Concord Music Halloween Eclectic 2020
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The Frantics
Werewolf
The Roots Of Psychobilly
18
Redbone
The Witch Queen Of New Orleans
Rockin' 70s [Disc 2]
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Sam the Sham & the Pharaohs
I've Got a Voodoo Doll
1963-1968 – The Complete Wooly Bully Years vol.1
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Ike Turner & His Kings Of Rhythm
She Made My Blood Run Cold
Apple Bobbing Mix Vol. 2
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Louis Armstrong
Spooks!
A Very Vintage Halloween
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The Duponts
Screamin' Ball (At Dracula Hall)
Roulette Rock & Roll, Vol. 2
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John Carpenter
Halloween Theme
Halloween: 20th Anniversary
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Dr. John
Witchy Red
Television
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Bettye LaVette
Witchcraft in the Air
Motor City Soul
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The Deep River Boys
Swinging at the Siance
The Ultimate Rockin' Halloween Party (American Horror Songs 1930s – 1950s)
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Parham-Pickett Apollo Syncopaters (W/"Tiny" Parham & Junie C. Cobb)
Mojo Strut
A Very Vintage Halloween
28
Truett & George
Ghost Dance
Diabolical Hoodoo: Vintage Songs Of Devilry, Doom & Hellfire 1920-1952
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Nina Simone
I Put a Spell on You
Anthology Disc 1
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Screamin' Jay Hawkins
I Put a Spell on You
Blues, Blues, Hoodoo, Halloween – Scary Blues & Jazz 1925-1961
Friday mornings feature a two-hour journey through sound, soul, and even a dash of storytelling from the past century of America’s music. Tune in as Dave Stroud weaves an eclectic blend of genres that don’t always share a shelf, but definitely share a spirit. From the aching twang of country ballads to the velvet grooves of soul, as well as the thumping rhythms of rock…we’ve got it all. We’ll also be adding a touch of gospel to uplift and some shimmering pop in the show today. Legends and unsung heroes side by side—think John Fogerty easing into a track from BR5-49, or some classic Charlie Musselwhite introducing the soulful sounds of Solomon Burke. This isn’t a greatest hits show—it’s a feeling. It’s about the moments when music surprises you, connects you, and makes you feel more you. So whether you’re tuning in from the road, the living room, or somewhere in between, turn it up and let the music take you somewhere new..
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Mel Blanc
Money
Bob Dylan – Radio Radio – Theme Time Radio Hour Volume Four
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Louis Armstrong
It Don't Mean A Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing)
Pottery Barn Dinner At Eight Just Desserts
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Frank Sinatra
(Love Is) The Tender Trap
The Complete Capitol Singles Collection [Disc 2]
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Elvis Presley
Can't Help Falling In Love
Elvis 30 #1 Hits
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Elvis Presley With The Jordanaires
Never Ending
From Nashville To Memphis: The Essential 60's Masters [Disc 2]
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Robert Gordon
Fire
Robert Gordon with Link Wray/Fresh Fish Specials
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The Supremes
Nothing But Heartache
Gold Disc 1
9
Marvin Gaye
Inner City Blues (Make Me Wanna Holler)
The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 2]
10
Candi Staton
In The Ghetto
Evidence: The Complete Fame Records Masters [Disc 2]
11
Charlie Musselwhite
Siboney
Continental Drifter
12
Solomon Burke
What Good Am I?
Make Do With What You Got
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Little Willie John
Leave My Kitten Alone
ABC Of The Blues Vol 25
14
Fats Domino
Please Don't Leave Me
Fats Domino Out of New Orleans
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Cookie & the Cupcakes
Mathilda
Swamp Gold, Volume 1
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Charles Senns
Dig Me A Crazy Record
One More Record Please
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Johnny Burnette
The Train Kept A Rollin'
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4
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Brenda Lee
That's All You Gotta Do
The Brenda Lee Story: Her Grea
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Marshall Crenshaw
Donna the Prima Donna (Bonus Track)
Jaggedland
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Leon Russell
Dixie Lullaby
Leon Russell [Bonus Track]
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The Bobby Fuller Four
Love's Made A Fool Of You
The Best Of The Bobby Fuller Four
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John Fogerty
Almost Saturday Night (with Keith Urban)
Wrote a Song for Everyone
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BR5-49/Kay Adams
Mama Was A Rock (Daddy Was A Rolling Stone)
Rig Rock Deluxe
24
Southern Culture on the Skids
Too Much Pork for Just One Fork
Exposed Roots: Best of Alt. Country Disc 2
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The Doobie Brothers
Listen To The Music
Toulouse Street
26
Buffalo Springfield
On The Way Home
Retrospective – The Best of Buffalo Springfield
27
Elvin Bishop
Fooled Around and Fell In Love
20th Century Masters – The Millennium Collection The Best of Elvin Bishop
28
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
My Journey To The Sky
Vol. 3-1946-47 Complete Record
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Professor Johnson & His Gospel Singers
Where Shall I Be
1950s Gospel Classics
30
Mahalia Jackson
I'm On My Way
The Promised Land – Original Soundtrack [Disc 1]
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Stephen Stills
Do for the Others
Stephen Stills
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Steve Earle & The Dukes (& Duchesses)
Pocket Full Of Rain
The Low Highway [+digital booklet]
33
Emmylou Harris
Leaving Louisiana In The Broad Daylight (Remastered LP Version)
It’s a City (with a capital ‘C’ to locals) whose cultural history practically hums with musical possibilities. This is due in large part to how the city has always been a meeting point for restless ideas and diverse communities. From the Gold Rush boomtown that lured fortune-seekers from every continent, to the Beat poets of North Beach and the psychedelic counterculture that turned Haight-Ashbury into a world stage, it’s been an easy mark for songwriters. This week’s show will visit that blend of beauty, grit and idealism with performances for and about San Francisco. Join us for a whole batch of vintage sounds covering any old genre we care to share with the likes of Harry “The Hipster” Gibson, Little Walter, Charlie Musselwhite, Linda Martell, and, of course, Tony Bennett. We’ll celebrate from a short distance away with memories of Broadway, the fog rolling through the Golden Gate, and that endless palette of imagery and mood that is a living chorus always ready to be set to music.
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The Sound Of The City
KSFO 560 – San Francisco
78s
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Tony Bennett
I Left My Heart in San Francisco
The Essential Tony Bennett [Columbia/Legacy] Disc 1
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Logan Ledger
The Lights Of San Francisco
Logan Ledger
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Chris Isaak
San Francisco Days
San Francisco Days
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Journey
Lights
Journey's Greatest Hits
7
Eric Clapton
San Francisco Bay Blues
Unplugged
8
Linda Martell
San Francisco is a Lonely Town (Remastered 2022)
Color Me Country (Sun Records 70th / Remastered 2022)
9
Sugar Pie DeSanto
Hello, San Francisco (Part I)
Putumayo Presents: American Blues
10
The Teskey Brothers
San Francisco
Run Home Slow
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Otis Redding
(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay
The Dock of the Bay
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Little Walter
Mean Old Frisco
Blues With A Feeling [Disc 2]
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Charlie Musselwhite
When The Frisco Left The Shed
Mississippi Son
14
Richie Havens
San Francisco Bay Blues
Mixed Bag
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Eric Lindell
Here In Frisco
Matters Of The Heart
16
Mark Spoelstra
San Francisco Zoo Song
Out Of My Hands
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Marty Robbins
San Francisco Teardrops
San Francisco With Fond Memories
18
Dom Flemons
San Francisco Baby
Prospect Hill
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Jimmy Martin
Fly Me To Frisco – 1973
Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys 1954-1974 [Disc 5]
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Johnny Paycheck
The Ballad Of Frisco Bay
Nowhere to Run: the Little Darlin' Years 1966-1970
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Merle Haggard
Return to San Francisco
Like Never Before
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Harry "The Hipster" Gibson
I Flipped My Wig In San Francisco
Who Put The Benzedrine In Mrs. Murphy's Ovaltine?
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Connie Russell
Foggy Night In San Francisco
San Francisco – With Fond Memories
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Ramblin' Jack Elliott
San Francisco Bay Blues
South Coast
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Jeanette McDonald – San Francisco O.S.T.
San Francisco (Soundtrack Version)
The 30s: Hollywood's Best
26
Tee Vee Toons
Streets Of San Francisco
Television's Greatest Hits, Vol. 3: 70's & 80's
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Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
Mean Ole Frisco
That's All Right (Mama)
28
Tom Darby & Jimmie Tarlton
Lonesome Frisco Line [Album Version]
Roots 'N' Blues/The Retrospective 1925-1950
29
Memphis Minnie
'Frisco Town
Queen Of Country Blues
30
Scott McKenzie
San Francisco (Be Sure To Wear Flowers In Your Hair)
The days are getting darker both by season and on the sidewalks of your town. Jackboot thugs with masks, clubs, and weapons are descending for you. Make no mistake. If you believe in your right to free speech and all that our Constitution affords you, think again. Know that you and your neighbor are in the crosshairs of this regime. This week’s show won’t break the spell but it will share with its language of comfort, joy and hope that music delivers as it stimulates the release of dopamine triggering pleasure and relaxation. Our prescription this morning is a compound of a free form eclectic blend that delivers a response from all corners. America’s music has always been built on a foundation of free expression so why not make the best…and that’s what we’ll be doing this morning with tracks from Glenn Miller, Charlie Christian, Squirrel Nut Zippers, Randy Newman and Dean Martin, just to name a few. Dream when you’re feeling blue. Rise up when you’re being pushed down. This week’s show takes us where we want to go.
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John Fogerty
Fortunate Son
The Long Road Home: Ultimate John Fogerty Creedence Collection
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Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant
Midnight Ramble
Stratosphere Boogie
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Charlie Christian
Till Tom Special
Hittin' On All Six: The Charlie Christian Revolution
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Django Reinhardt & Stiphane Grappelli
You're Driving Me Crazy
Quintesential
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The Miracles
Mickey's Monkey
Hitsville USA: The Motown Singles Collection 1959-1971 Disc 1
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Mink Deville
You Just Keep Holding On
The Mink De Ville Collection
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The Staple Singers
Let's Do It Again
The Buddah Box Disc 3
9
Sam Cooke
I'll Come Running Back To You
Specialty Profiles: Larry Williams
10
Etta James
I Want to Be Loved (But Only by You)
Love Songs [MCA]
11
Bob Dylan
The Levee's Gonna Break
Modern Times
12
Randy Newman
Burn On
Sail Away
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The Secret Sisters
Tennessee Me
The Secret Sisters
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Fats Domino
My Girl Josephine
Very Best of Fats Domino [Phantom] (Disc 1)
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Dean Martin
Dream
Late at Night with Dean Martin
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Les Baxter And His Orchestra
The High And The Mighty
Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 7 – Capitol Goes To The Movies – 1944-55
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Hugo Winterhalter And His Orchestra With Eddie Heywood
Canadian Sunset
Magic Moments: Best Of 50's Pop (Disc 2)
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Billie Holiday
Too Marvelous For Words
Lady In Autumn: The Best Of The Verve Years [Disc 1]
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Doris Day
The Deevil, Devil, Divil
Complete Doris Day With Les Brown [Disc 2]
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Jean Shepard
I Didn't Know The Gun Was Loaded
Rounding Up The Girls/Great Female Country Vocals Vol 1
From the cool and sultry lounge sounds smothered in smoke to the soul venues that celebrated love and all its pitfalls, we bring you the songbirds this week. We’ll be exploring vocalists, known and unknown, that delivered the goods in the first few years of the 1960s. Rock ‘n roll was finding its foothold at the same time as soul music was beginning to bust out in a big way. You’ll be hearing some you know and some you don’t in this week’s Deeper Roots. Yeah, we’ve got The Chordettes, Brenda Lee and The Shirelles but we’ve also got some very special gems from Helen Shapiro, Judy Thomas, Kitty Ford and Betty O’Brian this week. We’ll run a chronological marathon from 1960 to 1963, ignoring the genre guardrails as we make our way along. Hope you can join in on the fun.
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Ruth Brown with Howard Biggs Orchestra
Takin' Care Of Business
Wail Man Wail!: The Best Of King Curtis 1952-1961 (Disc 3)
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Connie Francis
My Heart Has a Mind of Its Own
Your Hit Parade – Into the '60S
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The Shirelles
Welcome Home Baby
The Shirelles 1958-1962 As, Bs, Hits and Rarities
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Shirley Bassey
The Party's Over
We Love Pirate Radio – 60s Favourites
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The Chordettes
Never On Sunday
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
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The Marvelettes
Way Over There
100 Northern Soul Classics
8
Diana Ross & The Supremes
Those D.J. Shows
25th Anniversary [Disc 2]
9
Tammy Montgomery
It's Mine
100 Northern Soul Classics
10
Ann-Margret
I Just Don't Understand
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
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Kitty Ford
Don't Play No. 9
Don't Do It: The Smash Record Story 1961-1962 [Disc 2]
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Sarah Vaughan
True Believer
Rhythm & Western Volume 4 – I Hang My Head and Cry
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Betty O' Brian
She'll Be Gone
100 Northern Soul Classics
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Brenda Lee
You Can Depend On Me
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
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Helen Shapiro
Little Miss Lonely
Halfway To Paradise_ The Epic Records Story
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Helen Shapiro
Tell Me What He Said
Girl Power – Vol. 3
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The Pips
Every Beat Of My Heart
American Music Library: The Hits Of 1961
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The Shirelles
A Teardrop and a Lollipop
The Shirelles 1958-1962 As, Bs, Hits and Rarities
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Timi Yuro
Count Everything
I'm So Hurt
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Barbara George
I Know (You Don't Love Me No More)
Highlights From Crescent City Soul: Sound Of New Orleans 1947-1974
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Sugar Pie DeSanto
Open Your Heart
Go Go Power: The Complete Chess Singles (1961-1966)
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Aretha Franklin
Just For A Thrill
Jazz To Soul [Disc 1]
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Cathy Carroll
Young Ones
New Discgems From Warner Brothers
24
Judy Thomas
Never Say Devil Woman
Stampede! The United Artists Story
25
Barbara Stephens
Wait a Minute
The Complete Stax-Volt Singles 1959-1968 (1 of 9)
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Linda Hopkins
Mama's Doin' The Twist
The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962
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Christine Quaite
Your Nose Is Gonna Grow
The Forgotten 45's 1960-1962
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Timi Yuro
What's a Matter Baby (Is It Hurting You)
The Liberty Records Story (Pt. 1)
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Joy Dawn
Hang It Up
Ask The Girl Who Knows – Best 1958-1969 – Remaster
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Claudine Clark
Who Will You Hurt?
Ask The Girl Who Knows – Best 1958-1969 – Remaster
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Ann-Margret
Let Me Entertain You
Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
32
Miss X
Christine
Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence
A whole new season of Deeper Roots lands on your doorstep…just like the Sunday paper: full of human interest stories (as told in song) and local gab (also told in song). It’s a free form collection of songs from the past century with performances from the usual (and sometimes unusual) suspects. Only minor themes and genre recaps today in a carefully crafted eclectic blend that runs the gamut from Jimmie Dale Gilmore to Mary Wells, The Velvetones, Billy Walker and Hot Lips Page. We’ll hear some Texas tradition from Deep Elem and Milwaukee’s finest from Jerry Lee. But we’re also rolling out some really fine, under the radar, female soul and R&B numbers that come from off the beaten track including Doris Allen, Faye Adams and Mary Wells. And we wonder out loud ‘how deep is the ocean’ with Big Maybelle. Drop on by!
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Eric Clapton
If I Had Possession Over Judgement Day
Sessions For Robert J
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Hot Lips Page and His Texas Blusicians
Harlem Rumbain' The Blues
52nd Street Swing: New York In The '30s
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Johnnie & Joe
Who Do You Love
The Very Best of Johnnie & Joe – Over the Mountain, Across the Sea
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Ruth Brown
Sea of Love
Along Comes Ruth
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Big Maybelle
How Deep Is the Ocean
The Very Best Of Big Maybelle
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Mae West
Mister Deep Blue Sea
The Mae West Collection
8
Blue Sky Boys
Asleep in the Briny Deep
The Chronological Classics 1937-1938 (Warped 3807)
9
Kristi Jean & Her Ne'er-Do-Wells
Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea
Country-billy Collision
10
Anita Carter
Satan's Child
Hillbillies In Hell – Country Music's Tormented Testament (1952-1974) The Final Chapter
11
The Sunshine Boys
What's the Matter With Deep Elem
The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4]
12
Levon Helm
Deep Elem Blues
Ramble at the Ryman
13
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
Deep Eddy Blues
Jimmie Dale Gilmore
14
Asleep at the Wheel
All My Exes (Live in Texas)
Riding High In Texas
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Geraint Watkins
Deep In The Heart Of Texas
Geraint Watkins & The Dominators
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Geraint Watkins
Walking to Milwaukee
Aide Memoire
17
John Prine With Melba Montgomery
Milwaukee Here I Come
In Spite Of Ourselves
18
Dolly Parton
Milwaukee, Here I Come
1968-1969
19
Billy Walker
Till I Drink Milwaukee Dry
20 Hits
20
Jerry Lee Lewis
What's Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)
All Killer, No Filler: The Anthology (Disc 1)
21
Clyde McPhatter
Lovey Dovey (LP Version)
Deep Sea Ball – The Best of Clyde McPhatter
22
The Velvetones
Glory Of Love
Various Artists: THEME TIME RADIO HOUR – SEASON 2/[Disc 2]
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Bobby Moore & The Rhythm Aces
Searching For My Love
Chess Uptown Soul
24
Doris Allen
A Shell Of A Woman
Dave Godin's Deep Soul Treasures Vol. 2
25
Mary Wells
My Heart Is Like A Clock (Previously Unreleased)
Looking Back 1961-1964
26
Mary Wells
Can You Fix It (My Broken Heart) (Previously Unreleased)
We’re taking a slow walk back to the gospel well this morning, exploring a particularly expansive landscape of classic hymns, choir harmonies, and new-fangled secular reflections from the likes of Elizabeth King, Ben Harper and Amy Helm. There are also the traditional pulpit pounders like Elder Charles Beck, jubilee and country groups including The Jordanaires (with and without Elvis) and The Golden Gate Quintet, as well as a sampling old favorites from Johnny Cash, The Blue Sky Boys and the Neville Brothers. It’s a morning dish of reflection and exploration once again as we take that deep dive into the gospel classics once more. Hope you can climb aboard that gospel train and redeem your ticket to the great beyond.
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Elizabeth King & The Gospel Souls
Testify
Living in the Last Days
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Gal Holiday and the Honky Tonk Revue
Plastic Jesus
Set Two
4
The Amazing Rhythm Aces
Amazing Grace (Used to Be Her Favorite Song)
Stacked Deck
5
The Staple Singers
He's Got the Whole World In His Hands
Amen/Why
6
The Jordaniares
Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho
The Jordaniares Gospel
7
Washboard Rhythm Kings, Washboard Rhythm Band
Shoutin' in the Amen Corner
All Time Jazz: Washboard Rhythm Kings
8
Abraham Alexander
Amen
SEA/SONS
9
Colleen Kattau
Amen to the Freedom Rides
Besos Kisses
10
Johnny Cash
Amen [Album Version]
Orange Blossom Special
11
Drive-By Truckers
Thoughts and Prayers (Radio Edit)
The Unraveling
12
Judy Collins
Amazing Grace
Forever: [Disc 2]
13
Sonny Treadway
Amazing Grace
Sacred Steel Guitar
14
The Zion Travelers
Milky White Way
This May Be My Last Time Singing: Raw African-American Gospel on 45RPM, 1957-1982
15
Elvis Presley
Milky White Way
His Hand in Mine
16
Elvis Presley
Working on the Building
He Touched Me: The Gospel Music of Elvis Presley Disc 1
17
The Blue Sky Boys
The Lord Be With Us, Amen
Classic Country Remastered CD E
18
Ben Harper and Charlie Musselwhite
When I Go
No Mercy In This Land
19
Elder Charles Beck
Didn't It Rain
Mighty Day – 25 Gospel Greats
20
Mahalia Jackson
Didn't It Rain
16 Most Requested Songs
21
Fern Jones
I Do Believe
The Glory Road
22
Amy Helm
Ain't That Good News
Didn't It Rain
23
Rounders
Power In The Blood
Around With The Gospel
24
Paul Newman
Plastic Jesus
Cool Hand Luke
25
Tia Blake
Plastic Jesus
Folksongs & Ballads
26
Paul Thorn
Soon I Will Be Done
Don't Let The Devil Ride
27
Tom Waits
The Soul Of A Man
God Don't Never Change: The Songs Of Blind Willie Johnson
28
Harrod's Jubilee Singers
Joshua Fought The Battle Of Jericho (Pm 12116, 12116B)
The Rise & Fall of Paramount Records, Volume 1 (1917-1927)
29
Josh White
Joshua Fit The Battle Of Jericho (mono)
The Elektra Years – disc 1
30
The Golden Gate Quartet
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho
Vol. 5 (1945-1949)
31
Angelic Gospel Singers and Dixie Hummingbirds
One Day
Gospel Music
32
The Zion Harmonizers
Old Time Religion
Ultimate Gospel Fest
33
The Soul Stirrers
Wade In The Water
Sam Cooke's SAR Records Story: 1959 – 1965 [Disc 1]
Deeper Roots means just that…and this week we’re spinning some blues, gospel, r&b, and swing … all music that introduced the rhythm that would become known as rock ‘n roll. We’ll go as far back as the late 1930s with Joe Turner and Pete Johnson and make the picaresque journey across the alleys, juke joints, and house parties where tradition and urban electric blues became the foundation of a sound. We’ll share blues from Little Walter, Jimmy Reed, John Lee Hooker and a handful of others. Also on tap, Goree Carter, Sticks McGhee, Amos Milburn and Julia Lee with some rhythm and blues and jump whose beat and attitude would influence many a rock ‘n roll musician and songwriter. Also on board: Hadda Brooks, Ray Charles, Louis Jordan and Tiny Bradshaw. Don’t miss a wailin’, rockin’ morning here on KOWS Community Radio.
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Big Joe Turner
Roll 'em Pete
Malcolm X: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
3
Champion Jack Dupree
Junker's Blues
Junker's Blues (The Blues Collection Vol.59)
4
Joe Liggins
The Honeydripper Part 1
The R&B Years – 1942-45 [Disc 3]
5
Sister Rosetta Tharpe
Strange Things Happening Every Day
Gospel Blues – the Very Best Of
6
Charles Brown
Driftin' Blues
Ray Charles – Music that Matters to Him
7
Hadda Brooks
Swingin' The Boogie
I've Got News For You [Disc 2]
8
The Ravens
Write Me A Letter
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3
9
T-Bone Walker
Call It Stormy Monday
Raw Blues
10
Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends
Snatch It And Grab It
Kuties And Krooners
11
Roy Brown
Good Rockin' Tonight
Sound Of The City, The – New Orleans [UK] Disc 1
12
John Lee Hooker
Boogie Chillen
The Definitive Collection
13
Amos Milburn
Chicken Shack Boogie
Devil in a Blue Dress
14
Goree Carter & His Hepcats
Rock Awhile
Electric BluesPart 1: Beginnings 1939-1954
15
Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup
My Baby Left Me [Remastered 2002]
That's All Right (When the Sun Goes Down series)
16
Percy Mayfield
Please Send Me Someone To Love
Blues Masters Vol. 3: Texas Blues
17
Tiny Bradshaw
The Train Kept a-Rollin'
Breaking Up the House [Disc 2]
18
Sticks McGhee
Drinkin' Wine Spo-Dee-o-Dee
The Atlantic Story [UK]
19
Lloyd Price
Lawdy Miss Clawdy
Pure R&B: Vol. 5- Pioneers [Disc 1]
20
Little Junior Parker
Mystery Train
MOJO: Rock! Rock! Rock!
21
Jimmy Liggins And His Drops Of Joy
Drunk
Vintage Songs of Sex, Drugs & Cigarettes
22
Muddy Waters
Got My Mojo Workin
Pure R&B: Vol. 1- Got My Mojo Workin [Disc 1]
23
Little Walter
My Babe
Pure R&B: Vol. 2- Somethings Got a Hold on Me [Disc 1]
24
Sonny Boy Williamson II
Don't Start Me Talkin'
Blues Masters, Vol. 2: Postwar Chicago Blues
25
Howlin' Wolf
Smokestack Lightnin'
Roots Of Rock & Roll – Rough And Rowdy [Disc 7]
26
Louis Jordan
Caldonia
Number Ones
27
John Lee Hooker
Dimples
The Ultimate Collection 1948-1990 [Disc 1]
28
Slim Harpo
I Got Love If You Want It
Roll Your Moneymaker
29
Lazy Lester
I'm a Lover, Not a Fighter
Louisiana & The Old New Orleans Sound
30
Ray Charles
Night Time Is the Right Time
Genius & Soul: The 50th Anniversary Collection Disc 1
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Bo Diddley
Say Man
20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection – The Best Of Bo Diddley
A little bit of twisting and a little bit of shouting…as well as some gospel rhythms, hand clapping, and some back beat rhythms from the gulf and whole lot more. This week’s show will be a free form extravaganza which means there’s a bright day ahead, as always. My springboard was an afternoon’s listen to the music of David Lindley who, in addition to being a fine musician, he had extraordinary taste in music. We’ll hear some gospel tracks from Sister Marie Knight and the Reverend James Cleveland, classic funk and soul from The Temptations, Billy Butler and The Isleys. We’ll also spinning up some Wild Tchoupitoulas, Otis Rush and be featuring some three-time track samples and a brand new track from the 30th anniversary release of John Prine’s Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings, slated for release in early September. There’s a whole lot more to share with everyone out there so it’s a good morning to drop in and here a Twist and Shout sample from Top Note going back to 1961…oh yes, as well as a couple David Lindley tracks.
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Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys
Three Times Seven
Dance Ranch
3
Dave Edmunds
Three Time Loser
Twangin'
4
Corey Glover
Three Time Loser
Back To The Streets – Celebrating The Music Of Don Covay
5
Otis Rush
Three Times a Fool
Essential Collection: The Classic Cobra Recordings 1956-1958
6
Robert Gordon
Three Alley Cats (feat. Dave Alvin )
Rockabilly for Life
7
Chris Bouchillon
I've Been Married Three Times
1925-1928 (Warped 2690F)
8
David Lindley & El Rayo-X
I Just Can't Work No Longer
Very Greasy
9
Billy Butler & The Enchanters
I Can't Work No Longer
Kent's Cellar Of Soul: Volume 2
10
Top Note
Twist And Shout
Atlantic Vocal Groups – [Disc 4] – Group Revival
11
The Isley Brothers
Twist And Shout
Grandson Of Frat Rock! Vol. 3
12
The Temptations
Don't Look Back
The Temptations [Disc 1]
13
John Lee Hooker
Don't Look Back
The Best Of Friends
14
John Prine
Hey Ah Nothin'
Lost Dogs & Mixed Blessings (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)
15
John Prine
Lake Marie
Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings
16
The Righteous Brothers
Something's Got A Hold On Me
The Moonglow Years
17
Reverend James Cleveland
Something Got A Hold On Me
I Walk With God
18
Johnny Cash
Unclouded Day
Voice of the Spirit, Gospel of the South
19
Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Anita Kerr Singers
There'll Be Peace in the Valley for Me
101 Great Black Gospel, Vol. 1
20
Laurie London
The Gospel Train
Sentimental Journey, Folge 3 – Last Train To San Fernando
21
Sister Marie Knight And The Sam Price Trio
Trouble In Mind
Nuggets Of The Golden Age Of Gospel 1945-1958
22
David Lindley and Wally Ingram
Oh Death
Twango Bango II
23
David Lindley and Wally Ingram
Shame And Scandal In The Family
Twango Bango III
24
Odetta
Shame And Scandal
Sings Ballads And Blues
25
Waylon Jennings
Jole Blon
Nashville Rebel (1958-1969)
26
Gary U.S. Bonds
Jole Blon
The Best of Gary U.S. Bonds
27
Wild Tchoupitoulas
Brother John
Theme Time Radio Hour With Your Host Bob Dylan – Season 3 [[Disc 2]]
In the long view, rock ‘n roll’s rise was no surprise as it’s sound had been peeking through the tall grass since the 1930s with some risque (and risky) rhythm and blues, gospel celebrations and fast-paced swinging country sounds. When Sam Phillips’ small operation in Memphis kicked off, who would have guessed that the fusion of all these sounds would somehow resonate with it’s blend of hillbilly, blues, rhythm and gospel influences. But it did. And here we are. Tune into Deeper Roots as we go a bit deeper into the sounds of Sun Records, beyond the Elvis, Roy, Johnny, Carl and Jerry Lees. We’ll turn our attention to others from the early years including The Miller Sisters, Slim Rhodes, Barbara Pittman and The Prisonaires. The music we’ve got is sometimes raw, sometimes wild and always headed in the same direction. Don’t miss this one!
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Bobbie Jean
Cheaters Never Win
Sun Ballads 1953-62
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Jack Clement
Ballad of a Teenage Queen
The Sun Country Box CD6 I Was There When It Happened
4
Bobbie & the Boys
To Tell the Truth
Sun Ballads 1953-62
5
The Prisonaires
There Is Love in You
Sun Ballads 1953-62
6
The Prisonaires
Just Walking in the Rain
Sun Ballads 1953-62
7
Miller Sisters
Finders Keepers
Sun Ballads 1953-62
8
Miller Sisters
It Only Hurts for a Little While
Sun Ballads 1953-62
9
Roy Orbison
Trying to Get to You
Sun Ballads 1953-62
10
Slim Rhodes Band
Bad Girl
Sun Ballads 1953-62
11
Slim Rhodes Band (Vocal: Sandy Brooks)
Take and Give
Sun Ballads 1953-62
12
Slim Rhodes
Do What I Do
The Sun Country Box CD1 Memphis Bounce
13
Ken Cook
I Was a Fool
Sun Ballads 1953-62
14
Ray Smith
Sail Away
Sun Ballads 1953-62
15
Charlie Feathers
So Ashamed
The Sun Country Box CD6 I Was There When It Happened
16
Jimmy Williams
That Depends On You
Sun Ballads 1953-62
17
Sonny Burgess
Sweet Misery
Sun Ballads 1953-62
18
Carl Mann
I'm Bluer Than Anyone Can Be
Sun Ballads 1953-62
19
Tommy Blake
Ballad of a Broken Heart
The Sun Country Box CD6 I Was There When It Happened
